the one where marirob becomes a sewing blog

Well, I am joking - just a bit. Knitting will always be my favorite craft. It has given me so much enjoyment over the past few years and I always get excited seeing what everyone else in blogland is making. Having said that, Rob did get me a sewing machine for my birthday a couple of years ago. And this past birthday he got me a few sewing books. With the cold weather, it felt like the right time to spend some time inside sewing. The book I've been using lately is this one.


It's Sew U by Wendy Mullin. I hadn't heard about "Built by Wendy" products until I saw Diana's post about her cool coat. So I decided to take the plunge and buy a couple of shirt patterns.

I bought some beautiful Liberty Lawn fabric from Purl Patchwork when we were in New York for the holidays. But I wanted to test out a pattern with some cheaper fabric, so I got some stuff from Jo-anns as well.


Not bad for some fabric from Joanns!


The oh-so-lovely Liberty fabric.

I've completed one shirt and I should have the other finished by tomorrow - hopefully we can take photos this weekend.

Of course, I couldn't resist getting more fabric from Purl. I got three fabric bundles in anticipation of making some quilts.





And, trying to follow one of my New Year's resolutions - take the time to do things right - I actually prewashed and pressed all of the fabric.

Guess who else has caught the sewing bug? That's right, Rob! He actually designed two stuffed animals, one which I sewed for him and the other which he did EVERYTHING himself.


This is Stewart, who looks a little grumpy. I think it's because I made his knitted arms too fat.


Meet Hercules! He's a little top heavy, but he's inspired by Unki, who's been getting fatter as the winter progresses.


It's hard to capture, but there's definitely more of him to snuggle with!